| Cahir Healy Papers | Public Record Office of Northern Ireland |
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| Collection | |
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Identifier |
D/2991 |
Description |
Political, literary and personal papers of Nationalist politician, Cahir Healy (1877-1970), Westminster MP for Fermanagh and Tyrone, 1922-1924, 1931-1935, for Fermanagh and South Tyrone, 1950-1955, and Stormont MP for Fermanagh and Tyrone, 1925-1929, and South Fermanagh, 1929-1965. The collection contains Healy's political correspondence in which the principal correspondents are Nationalist and Ulster Unionist politicians and also prominent Irish Americans and leading members of political parties and organisations in the Republic of Ireland and Great Britain, 1924-1970, including Eddie McAteer (1914-1986), Anthony Mulvey (1882-1959), Terence O’Neill (1914-1990), Joe Devlin (1871-1934), Brian Faulkner (1921-1977), and Lord Brookeborough (1888-1973) ; general correspondence relating mainly to his historical and literary activities and constituency matters, 1900-1969; undated, miscellaneous literary and historical articles, plays, novels and poems written by Healy together with autobiographical accounts of his early life and political career, including his internment on board the prison ship 'Argenta', 1922-1924; and scrapbooks, notebooks, pamphlets and newspaper cuttings relating to his literary and political activities, Nationalist politics and elections, c.1900-1970. |
Strengths |
The collection is a useful research tool for the study of nationalist attitudes in the west of Ulster following Partition. |
Physical Characteristics |
c. 3,024 items, c.1900-1970 comprising a range of documents, volumes, newspaper cuttings, scrapbooks, literary material in MS, photographs and printed material occupying 24 PRONI boxes. |
Languages |
English |
Contents Date Range |
- 1970 |
Collection Type |
Collection. Archive. Text. Image. |
Accrual |
Policy: Closed
Method: Indefinite Loan
Periodicity: Closed |
Access |
The collection is stored in secure, closed accommodation. Some of this collection is embargoed for 75 years from the date of the document; a detailed set of extracts from the 1974 deposit only can be consulted in the Public Search Room. The correspondence sections of the archive hold 'Permit Class' status and may be made available under certain conditions. Access is supervised and for research and/or reference purposes only. |
Description or Catalogue |
See PRONI reference D/2991 for catalogue of some of the papers. The catalogue is available for consultation in PRONI's Public Search Room. A full introduction to the collection is also available on http://www.proni.gov.uk/records/private/cahir_h.htm target="new_window">http://www.proni.gov.uk/records/private/cahir_h.htm . |
Publications Note |
Some printed literary material. |
| Collector | |
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Name |
Cahir Healy (1877-1970) |
History |
Cahir Healy (1877-1970), son of a small farmer, was born near Mount Charles, Co. Donegal. Before settling as an insurance agent in Enniskillen, he worked as a draper then as a journalist, contributing literary pieces to various magazines; he was a member of Francis Joseph Bigger's literary circle. He wrote plays, poems, and autobiographical pieces etc., many of which were published. A leading nationalist and one of the 12 founding members of Sinn Fein, he was interned on the prison ship 'Argenta' from 1922-24 where he wrote 'Two Years on an Ulster Prison Ship'; in 1941 he was again interned under the Defence of the Realm Act, in Brixton prison. Healy served as Westminster MP for Fermanagh and Tyrone, 1922-24, and for Fermanagh and South Tyrone, 1950-55; as Stormont MP for Fermanagh and Tyrone, 1925-29, and for South Fermanagh, 1929-65, remaining a convinced constitutionalist throughout all the vicissitudes of a long political life. |
| Owner | |
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Name |
Healy Family |
History |
Descendants of Cahir Healy (1877-1970). Resident Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh. Cahir Healy, son of a small farmer, was born near Mount Charles, Co. Donegal. Before settling as an insurance agent in Enniskillen, he worked as a draper then as a journalist, contributing literary pieces to various magazines; he was a member of Francis Joseph Bigger's literary circle. He wrote plays, poems, and autobiographical pieces etc., many of which were published. A leading nationalist and one of the 12 founding members of Sinn Fein, he was interned on the prison ship 'Argenta' from 1922-24 where he wrote 'Two Years on an Ulster Prison Ship'; in 1941 he was again interned under the Defence of the Realm Act, in Brixton prison. Healy served as Westminster MP for Fermanagh and Tyrone, 1922-24, and for Fermanagh and South Tyrone, 1950-55; as Stormont MP for Fermanagh and Tyrone, 1925-29, and for South Fermanagh, 1929-65, remaining a convinced constitutionalist throughout all the vicissitudes of a long political life. |
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Name |
Public Record Office of Northern Ireland |
Address |
2 Titanic Boulevard |
Website |
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Access Control |
The Record Office is open to the general public on weekdays between 9.15 am and 4.45 pm, with late night opening until 8.45 pm on Thursday evenings. The Office is closed on the main public holidays and is closed annually for two weeks late November/early December. All readers are required to register their membership on their first visit to the office for which some form of identification will be asked. Registration and admission to the office is free of charge to the public, although certain commercial users (i.e. solicitors, journalists, television reporters and professional genealogists) are subject to a fee. Disabled access facilities, self-service microfilm and a chargeable copying service are provided. |
Role |
Government agency with responsibility for official and private records |
Phone |
0442890534800 |